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Three choices- any tips or advice?

Post Date: 2009-01-27
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    Posted: 27 Jan 2009 at 3:20am
I have been out of the PC game for awhile now, but I have recently come into a little cash and it's the year of change! :D  I've created three different systems and would greatly appreciate any thoughts/comments/advice/tips on these rigs.  I want this machine for primarily gaming, but I would rather spend a little extra now and get a system that would last longer.   Drum roll.......

For $900...

2.83Ghz Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
ASUS P5N73-AM
4GB (2GBx2) PC6400 DDR2
500GB 7200RPM 16MB Cache Serial ATA300
1GB ATI Radeon HD4870 GDDR5 PCI Express DVI/Tvout

Or I can get this for $1200...

2.66Ghz Intel Core i7-920
MSI X58 Platinum
6GB (2GBx3) PC10600 DDR3 1333Mhz Memory
500GB 7200RPM 16MB Cache Serial ATA300
896MB nVidia GeForce GTX 260

Or stick to the original, saving some scratch (700 $)

3.16Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo E8500
ASUS P5N73-AM
4GB (2GBx2) PC6400 DDR2
500GB 7200RPM 16MB Cache Serial ATA300
1GB ATI Radeon HD4870 GDDR5

All of them have the rest of the components (case/psu/disc drives/etc) and installed Vista 64.  Any help guys?
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Posts: 36758 		  Quote DST4ME Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 27 Jan 2009 at 3:21am
only the i7 will be able to be upgraded and will stay upto date the longest. so it gets my vote.

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Get number 2 but instead of the GTX 260
1GB ATI Radeon HD4870 GDDR5 PCI Express DVI/Tvout

Put that in it their way better.
Intel I7 940 @ 4.0
Asus P6T X58 Mobo
12GB OCZ Flex DDR3 2000mhz
3x EVGA SSC edition GTX285
Thermaltake Spedo Advance
2x GSkill 128gb SSD Hardrives and a 1TB Western digital
Power+Cooling 1200W PSU
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I bought this for $999

Intel® Core™ i7-920 processor; 4GB DDR3 SDRAM; ATI Radeon 4850; DVD±RW/CD-RW drive; 640GB hard drive; Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit


Edited by Methos - 27 Jan 2009 at 11:39pm
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good choice, when you can, get a veloci and use the 640GB as storage drive

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